Farah Pandith
Farah Pandith is a social entrepreneur, foreign policy strategist and former diplomat. She is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Strategic Advisor to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. In May 2015, she was appointed to Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh […]
H.E. Petar Stoyanov
Petar Stoyanov is a Bulgarian politician who was President of Bulgaria from 1997-2002, as well as Member of Parliament and head of the Union of Democratic Forces party from 2005-2007. While in Parliament, he became a member of the European Integration Committee and State Administration Affairs Committee. In addition to his domestic political career, President […]
Mariia Ionova
Mariia Ionova is the People’s Deputy of Ukraine; Deputy Chairperson, Committee on European Integration; and Co-Chair, Equal Opportunities Inter-Faction Union. Mariia Ionova began her political career in 2005 serving as a consultant to the presidential administration. From 2008 to 2012, she served as deputy of the Kyiv City Council. In 2012, she was elected to […]
Guillermo Lasso
Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador 58 years ago, Guillermo Lasso is married to Maria de Lourdes Alcivar, and has five children and two grandchildren. Lasso has had a more than 40 year career in the financial and business sector, where he has held important positions in various institutions such as Procrédito, Finansur and Guayaquil Bank. In 1989 […]
Rachael Chong
Rachael Chong is the Founder and CEO of Catchafire, the world’s leading online skills-based volunteer platform. Catchafire helps nonprofits obtain critical expertise while creating high impact, transformational pro bono experiences for professionals. As pioneer of the first scalable skills-based volunteer solution, Catchafire has unlocked an impactful way for foundations to offer capacity-building support and businesses […]
Brian Winter
Brian Winter is the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly and vice president of Americas Society/Council of the Americas. He spent a decade living in Latin America as a reporter for Reuters, and is the author of four books about the region.
Paloma Valencia
Paloma Valencia is a Colombian Senator, elected by Centro Democrático Party. This party, is lead by former President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe Velez. Senator Valencia served as a political analyst for Colombia´s newspapers, television and radio. She graduated as a Philosopher and Lawyer, and has an MFA from NYU. She also served as a Law professor at […]
Hon. Mike Rogers
As a former member of the U.S. Congress representing Michigan’s Eighth Congressional District, member of the U.S. Army and FBI special agent, Mike Rogers is in a unique position to shape the national debate on a wide variety of issues. Mike currently uses his insider perspective gained from travelling the globe – from the Middle […]
Michael J. Nyenhuis
Michael J. Nyenhuis is the President and CEO of UNICEF USA, bringing in over 25 years of global humanitarian and development experience, fundraising acumen and proven results to this role. Before joining UNICEF USA, Nyenhuis was the president and CEO of Americares, a position he held since 2014, Nyenhuis was CEO of the global nonprofit […]
Federico Hoyos
Federico Hoyos is a Colombian political leader with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a master’s in Government and Public Policy from EAFIT University in Medellín. He served as ambassador to Canada, presidential counselor, and was among the youngest members of Congress from 2014 to 2018, where he championed initiatives on environmental sustainability and […]
Carter Roberts
Carter Roberts is President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund in the United States. WWF, the world’s largest network of international conservation organizations, works across 100 countries and enjoys the support of 5 million members worldwide, 1.1 million of which are in the U.S. Roberts leads WWF’s efforts to save the world’s great ecosystems by […]